Language Anxiety : Conflict and Change in the History of English.

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This engaging and wide-ranging history of language anxiety ranges from the Tower of Babel to the internet. It shows how worry about language results from and causes linguistic change, as well as fuelling perennial concerns about class, culture, identity, and social change. - ;This book looks at the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Machan, Tim William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2009.
Temas:
English language > Psychological aspects.
English language > Variation.
Linguistic change > Great Britain.
Sociolinguistics > Great Britain.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation.
Changement linguistique > Grande-Bretagne.
Sociolinguistique > Grande-Bretagne.
English language > Psychological aspects
English language > Variation
Linguistic change
Sociolinguistics
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknowledgements; On the Use of Phonetic Symbols; 1 Language, Change, and Response; 2 A Moveable Speech; 3 Narratives of Change; 4 Policy and Politics; 5 Say the Right Thing; 6 Fixing English; Works Cited; Index.

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